The second location for the Taft's Ale House parent company officially opens its tap room and restaurant at 4831 Spring Grove Ave. on Saturday. Dubbed the "Brewpourium," it will serve a style of pizza that's new to Cincinnati: New Haven apizza (pronounced "ə bi ts").

On the menu, Taft's Brewing Co. describes the coal-fired pizza as the "hotter, crispier and dirtier descendant of Neopolitan style pie."

Dave Kassling, ones of Taft's managing partners, said they tried 12 iterations of the dough to get it where they wanted it. The biggest challenge was the hydration level: More hydrated dough tastes better and is easier to digest, he said.

"We ended up using very hydrated dough," he said. "But it is hard to work with."

On the menu are simple New Haven-style tomato pies with or without mozzarella plus six specialty pizzas. The latter include a white sauce and clam pie, like they serve in New Haven; a pesto pie with arugula pesto, mozzarella, mushrooms, artichokes and kalamata olives; and the Roebling, which Kassling thinks will be the best seller: crushed tomato, mozzarella, meatballs, pepperoni, ricotta, extra virgin olive oil, garlic, pecorino and oregano.

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The bar area of Taft's Brewing Company. Taft's will officially open at 4831 Spring Grove Ave., Spring Grove Village on Sept. 9. Photo shot Wednesday September 6, 2017.(Photo: The Enquirer/Cara Owsley)

There are also a couple of appetizers, plus three salads and three sandwiches.

The Brewpourium will open with 20 beers on tap. The production brewery at the site has been up and running since April and gives the company much more room to make beer than Taft's Ale House, their original location in Over-the-Rhine, provides. Current capacity in Spring Grove Village is 15,000 barrels, but the brewery could expand to as many as 100,000 in the space. That's allowing them to can more beers: Gavel Banger IPA is now on shelves, and Cherrywood amber and Skronk Juice IPA will be canned within the next month or two.

As for the space, it has seating for more than 100 people between the bar and picnic tables. White Rookwood tiles surround the front kitchen area, where the pizza oven is located, and the back bar. Strings of lights hang overhead, and large garage doors will allow the whole front of the space to be open during nice weather. There are games, and a stage that is coming soon will allow the bar to offer live music on a regular basis.

For Saturday's opening, the bar will be up and running at noon, with the kitchen opening at 3 p.m.

Regular hours will be 3-10 p.m. Wednesday; noon-10 p.m. Thursday; noon-midnight Friday and Saturday; and noon-9 p.m. Sunday. Kassling said they will expand those hours if the demand is there.

A grand opening event is planned from 1 p.m.-midnight Sept. 16. It will feature entertainment by the Cincinnati Circus Company and live music by the Rumpke Mountain Boys, Keenan Date, The Electric Son and Strange Mechanics, among others. The Heart & Soul Patrol from Q102 will broadcast live, and there will be prize giveaways, including free pizza for a year. Shuttles will run between Taft's Ale House in Over-the-Rhine and Taft's Brewing Company.